diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/build b/packages/network/ppp/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 22d177e09f..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/ppp/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-# ppp-2.4.5 contains an out of date copy of the kernel header linux/if_pppol2tp.h.
-# This needs to be removed to force it to use the one installed in /usr. If you don't
-# remove this file the build will still succeed (thanks to a poorly written Makefile)
-# but it will fail to compile the openl2tp.so, pppol2tp.so and rp-pppoe.so plugins
-  rm -rf include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h
-
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --disable-static \
-            --enable-shared \
-
-make COPTS="$CFLAGS" -C pppd
-make DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr -C pppd install-devel
diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/install b/packages/network/ppp/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 4e3c1194bc..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/ppp/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/pppd/pppd $INSTALL/usr/sbin
diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/meta b/packages/network/ppp/package.mk
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/network/ppp/meta
rename to packages/network/ppp/package.mk
index ba912bca73..e9750184d8 100644
--- a/packages/network/ppp/meta
+++ b/packages/network/ppp/package.mk
@@ -23,12 +23,39 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://samba.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://samba.org/ftp/ppp/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libpcap"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libpcap"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="ppp: contains the pppd daemon and the chat program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP."
 PKG_LONGDESC="The PPP package contains the pppd daemon and the chat program. This is used for connecting to other machines; often for connecting to the Internet via a dial-up or PPPoE connection to an ISP."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+# ppp fails to build in subdirs
+  cd $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD
+    rm -rf .$TARGET_NAME
+
+# ppp-2.4.5 contains an out of date copy of the kernel header linux/if_pppol2tp.h.
+# This needs to be removed to force it to use the one installed in /usr. If you don't
+# remove this file the build will still succeed (thanks to a poorly written Makefile)
+# but it will fail to compile the openl2tp.so, pppol2tp.so and rp-pppoe.so plugins
+  rm -rf include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  make COPTS="$CFLAGS"
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  make INSTROOT=$INSTALL install
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/sbin/chat
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/sbin/pppdump
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/sbin/pppoe-discovery
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/sbin/pppstats
+}